Lasting stand



May 20 1924. 1,494,570

J. ANDREW LASTING STAND Filed Aug. 4 1921' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J. ANDREW LA'STING STAND Filed Aug. 4, 1921 2 Sheot-Shoet 2 Patented May 20, 1924.

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LASTING- STAND. 7

Application filed August 4, 1921. SerialNo. 439,737.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that JOHN ANDREW, citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, has invented certain new and useful IIHPX'OVGIDQlItS in Lasting Stands, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a shoemakerslasting stand and has for its principal object the construction of the stand in such a manner that lasts of various sizes may be used, said lasts being detachably connected to the stand.

Another object resides in the construction of the stand in such a manner that it may be rotated to different positions so that the user may easily work upon the boot or shoe carriedupon the last. i

As a further object I provide adjustable means for holding the boot or shoe upon the last while working thereon. Y

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists in the novel detail of construction and arrangement of parts described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention it will be understood that such changes may be made as will fall within the scope ofthe appended claim.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a top plan. I I

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4. t of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation with parts shown in vertical section.

Fig. 6 is a topplan of the operating lever, and

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the drawings 1 indicates a base having the upwardly extending arm 2 which is formed at the top with the vertically extending sleeve 3 in alignment with a recess 4 formed in the upper surface of the base for a purpose to be later described. Upwardly extending ears 5 are also formed on the base 1, adjacent the recess 4:, and pivotally connected to the ears or lugs 5 is a foot treddle 6 tle inner end of which is reduced asshown at y v A standard 8 has a reduced lower portion 9 which extends through the sleeve 3 with its lowermost end received in the recess 4 of the base. The standard is rotatable and has the collar 10 secured adjacent the lower end by means of the transversely extendingpin 11.

The collar 10 is, provided withaplurality of circumferentially spaced notches'12 in which the reduced extension 7 of the foot treddle. 6 is adapted to be received to hold the standard in adjusted position against rotation. A spring 13 will beinterposed between the base and the outer end of the treddle 6 so as to normally hold the end 7 of the treddle within one of the notches,

Secured to the'standard 8 is a: casting 14 having the vertically extending opening 15 therein, said opening 15 receiving the shank 16 of, the rotatable pin 17 1 having the transversely extending eye 18. Asegmental casting 19. is secured to the standard 8, on the opposite side to the casting 14 and is provided on itscurved face with the ratchet teeth20. A lever 21 is pivotally connected to the pin 17 by means of the transversely extending pin 22 which :passes through the eye 18 in the pin, the end of said lever being forked toprovidethe arms 23 which straddle the standard 8 as well as the pin 17 the arms being provided with openings to receive .the transversely extending pivot pin 22. One of the arms 23 is provided with the inwardly extendinginclined lip 24 which is adapted, to engagethe ratchet teeth 20 of the segmental casting 19 to hold the lever in difj ferent vertical adjusted positions for a purpose which will later appear. The upper end of the standard 8'is provided in opposite faces with recesses 25 to receive the inwardly extending spaced lugs or arms 26 of the last.

27. The lugs 26 will straddle the upper end of the standard so that a lug will be received in each of the recesses 25 on the opposite faces of the standard.

For securing aboot or shoe upon the last 27 I provide an adjustable strap 28 said strap provided on each end with a loop 29 to which is connected one end of a coiled spring 30,

the opposite end of the spring being secured to one of the arms 23 of the lever 21 by means of a screw or bolt 31 which isthreaded into an opening 32 formed in the arm.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a slightly modified g I I 1,494,570

formed integral therewith, the upper endpf the standard provided on opposite faces wlth recesses 35 adapted toreceive the downwardly extending spaced lugs or arms 26 ofthe lastsjv27fr 7' I Fromthe above-it'will be seen that I have provided a lasting stand in which the lasts in the upper end of the standard provide easy means for connecting the lasts t'o the stan'd ardandat the same' ime securelyhol'dthem against; accidental displacement. I n the pre ferred form ofthe invention illustrated in Figs. '1 to 6 inclusive the' standard'is "rdtatable so that 'thelast may be swung to differen't" positions Y to bef withing co 'lvenient reach of the-user. I When thest'andardis locked against rotation the reduced; end 7 of the foot treddlei6 w-ill be received in one of the notches 12 of the collar 10, the's'pring 1-3 holding the outerend ofthe treddl e up. hen iti s desired to rotate the standard the outer end of the foot treddlef-i's engaged and depresseds(' as to r'aisejtlie reducedfend 7 thereof out of ftli'e' notch-1 2. When" this has been done the standard mayI-be rotatedinto desired positionnd 'tl end 7 wilt-then be received in one off-the othernot chesI2, the notches, as 'pr'eviously stated, being 'cireum: ferjentially spaced, the-boot mish e'is placed'upQn the la'StQTit is oftendesirable that some means he I provided for holding the same thereon and earths urpose I have the strap 28 which is yieldably cd'nnected'to the lever EZLby the Thele'ver may .be swung, into loaned position to tighten the strap and seeurely hold the boot orshoe or 'may vbe raisedtofdisengage the strap. The pin 17 being rotatably connected to the casting 14, allowstheleverfll to be swung horizontally to engage or disengage the. lip 24, of the lever with the ratchet teeth 20'of the segmental casting 19. The coil springs 30 allow the strap 28 to be adjusted,

if desired, with respect to the last 27, withoutoperating the lever 21.

As previously stated the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 7 is of much smaller size than the preferred form and is more particularly adapted for use while the use is insitting position. In this modified form-{the standard is not rotatable but is preferably formed integral with the base 33 although it will be understood that if desired, the standard might be fastened to the base in" any desired manner.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A lasting stand comprising a standard, a last carried by the standard, a casting securedto one side of the standard and having a vertically extending opening therein, a pin rotatably carriedin the vertically extending opening and extending parallel with the standard, said pin having an enlargement on the'up per end bearing upon the top of the casting and provided with a transversely extending opening, teeth on the opposite side of the standard, a forked lever straddling the teeth and the standard, a pin extending through the forked end of the lever and the transversely extending opening of the first mentioned pin 'for pivotally connecting the lever ,tothe'enlargement of the pin, a lip formed onone arm of the forked lever for engagement with ordisengagement from the teeth upon horizontal swii'iging'movement of the lever, and a strap connected to the lever and normally extending over the last, said strap 'b eing moved relative to the last upon verticalmovement of the lever.

In testimony whereof hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN ANDREW. Witnesses;

'NELSON A. BRYANT, J 01 n P. CHAMBERS. 

